Daily Archive: Sunday, February 5, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS,  (Reuters) – The New York Giants battled back to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 and win the Super Bowl with heart-stopping fourth quarter comeback capped by a six-yard touchdown run by Ahmad Bradshaw with 57 seconds left.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) is moving quickly to expand, as its leaders have approved a new economic integration system for the grouping, dubbed ECOALBA.

Police say that investigations are being conducted into an incident that occurred at about 1000h today in the vicinity of Matub Back Channel, Cuyuni River, where two boats collided resulting in the death of nine-month-old Sarah Simmonds.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has forecast an $11B shortfall for 2012, with an escalation in fuel prices being the key factor and the utility has presented a calculation for a 19.5% tariff hike which the government says it will work to avoid.

(Trinidad Guardian) While discharging his responsibilities as Minister of Health, Dr Fuad khan is counting the days when he would be quitting the cabinet position and return to his practice as one of the country’s few urologists.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Integrity Commission has officially commenced a probe into three Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs officials for alleged misbehaviour in public office.

Whether Police Commissioner Henry Greene returns to his office at Police Headquarters Eve Leary is partly in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who is currently advising the police on rape allegations levelled against him.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Senior national security operatives are probing a major security breach at one of Jamaica’s maximum-security prisons that resulted in hardened criminals hosting a marijuana-laced and liquor-filled Christmas party on its compound.

(Barbados Nation) The shooting fraternity said yesterday it was “completely opposed to the illegal possession and use  of firearms and ammunition”.

(Trinidad Express) A 23-year-old Barataria woman was stabbed to death by another woman after an altercation at a bar in San Juan early yesterday morning.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – A half-century by debutant Matt Wade and some middle-order slogging by the Hussey brothers propelled Australia to a 65-run thrashing of hapless India in the rain-shortened first one-day international today.

(Trinidad Express) Former beauty queen Candice Worrel is fighting for her life after being savagely beaten and robbed outside her workplace late last month.

Pirates launched a vicious attack on 15 fishing boats off the coast of the Pomeroon, beating fishermen with cutlasses and destroying boats before escaping with millions in engines, seines, gasoline, fish and fish glue.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud A twenty-minute drive across the Demerara Harbour Bridge, heading to the West Bank of Demerara, takes you to a small village called Nismes.

Farmers across the Pomeroon struggled to cope as waters continued to rise in the river and inundated farmlands yesterday.

Farmers of Yakusari, Black Bush Polder burnt tyres on the road yesterday in frustration over the stagnant floodwater on their farms which has resulted in losses of their rice, cash crops and livestock.

By Emmerson Campbell Dawani Lampkin of the Forgotten Youth Foundation (FYF) gym and Five Star’s Matthew Hollingsworth highlighted the first night of boxing at the Guyana Amateur Boxing Association (GABA) National Trials Championships Friday last at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall.The

Non-governmental organisation, Conservation Interna-tional (CI) has set up a fund to ensure financial sustainability of protected areas in Guyana which will be kick-started by $2 billion in endowments.

A close friend sent me a note recently that I’m passing onto you.

ROSEAU, Dominica,  CMC – Twenty-two wickets tumbled as the first round contest of the Regional Four-Day Championship between Guyana and Leewards Islands swung this way and that, on the second day at Windsor Park here yesterday.

As the life is gradually squeezed out of West Indies cricket by supposedly responsible bodies scrapping for its control, it was inevitable that its first-class tournament that started on Friday (still unsponsored and known simply as the “Regional Four-Day”) should be as surreal at it is.

Chinese information and communication technology solutions provider company Huawei is currently seeking persons to fill some critical positions as the company commences a new phase of its work on Guyana’s broadband platform.

DUBAI, (Reuters) – An unbeaten century by Younus Khan, the first of the series, took Pakistan to a superb position as they piled on a 180-run lead at the close of the second day of the third test against England yesterday.

Dear Editor, I thought it wise to provide information on the circumstances surrounding the operations of the Bartica NDC.

Over 50 residents of Kwakwani blocked the main access road in the area in protest yesterday, after Rusal denied their request for a contract to transport bauxite from the mines to the stockpile.

I have tried to make it clear that my treating with tax reform in my current columns has been deliberate.

The Guyana Floodlight Softball Cricket Association (GFCSA) has donated over half a million dollars to journalist and international cricket commentator Sean Devers to assist him to undergo an operation.

Politics being a very serious thing, especially in the aftermath of a hard-fought election, I thought I might see what the Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (obtained at Austin’s excellent bookstore which every thinking citizen should visit at least once a week) has to say about this important subject.

KINGSTON, Jamaica,  CMC – Estranged West Indies opener Chris Gayle sent perhaps his strongest message yet to the West Indies Cricket Board ahead of the upcoming Australia series as he pummelled an up tempo hundred against Windward Islands to give Jamaica the upper hand here yesterday.

By Carwyn Holland As millions around the world affix their eyes to their television sets today to catch a glimpse of the American football spectacle known as the Super Bowl final, Guyanese at home and abroad will be hoping to one day to see one of their own in the final after Clay Nurse was cut from the New England Patriots.

Seven years after city council worker Andrew Bess was gunned down, his widow believes that the five gunmen who stormed their North Ruimveldt grocery were sent to kill him and that the killers are roaming freely although police have solid evidence that links them to the crime.

Introduction Over the past couple of weeks I have had cause to try obtaining some information on particular companies, information that those companies are required to file with the Registrar of Companies. 

Dear Editor, It is my humble opinion that something is drastically wrong with the Guyana Revenue Authority concerning the way they are conducting business in relation to individual income tax.

BANGALORE, India,  CMC – Relatively unknown West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has landed a lucrative deal with Kolkata Knight Riders in the glitzy Indian Premier League.

BRISBANE, Australia, CMC – Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has singled out classy left-hander Darren Bravo as the next big name in world cricket and says once Chris Gayle returns to the West Indies side, Australia could have their hands full when they tour the Caribbean later this year.

Gunmen launched an attack on the Little Rock Hotel and Television Station at Lot 6 Vrymen’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice on Friday night, escaping with cash, jewellery and other items valued in excess of $1 million.

Two weeks ago four British ministers including William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, plus a large number of senior officials and representatives of UK companies met with Caribbean foreign ministers, officials and others in Grenada.

A kind word of advice for Republican hopeful Mitt Romney: Don’t read too much into your impressive victory among Hispanic voters in Tuesday’s Florida primary.

(Reuters) – The Toronto Raptors bounced back from a pair of blowout losses with a comfortable 106-89 win over the struggling Washington Wizards at the Air Canada Center on Friday.

Dear Editor, I went to Sparendaam Police Station on Aug 28, 2011 to give support to a friend whose dog was fatally chopped by some thoughtless persons in the village where she lives.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will press for an enquiry into the spate of murders and other criminal activities between 2002 and 2008 and its leader David Granger says the investigation should be about “more than just Roger Khan.”

Dear Editor, I respond to a reported statement by Ms Chandrapal that my age and lack of research were the reasons why my service at UG was terminated (SN, February 4).

The imposition of dress codes has been a resurgent and irksome issue in Guyana in recent years, and on occasions there have been public complaints about the manner in which persons are denied entry to public buildings. 

(Jamaica Observer) Justice Minister Mark Golding says plans are under way to launch a revised Victims’ Charter.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Russia and China vetoed yesterday a UN resolution that backed an Arab plan calling on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to quit, stalling global efforts to end his bloody crackdown on unrest after hundreds were reported killed in the city of Homs.

Some current Members of Parliament (MPs) from both government and opposition hold citizenship in Guyana and other countries—a continuing breach of the Constitution that is acknowledged but has still not been corrected.

A seven round Swiss system chess tournament will be held at the University of Guyana, Tain Campus Berbice today.

Captain of the Ms Davina Bharrat Kalicharran and his crew members wave to

(Jamaica Gleaner) The murder case against Eldon Calvert, the alleged leader of the Montego Bay based Stone Crusher gang, and two other men was thrown out on Friday because a policeman fabricated a witness statement.

The Thomas United Football Club in conjunction with Winners Connection Mashramani Challenge Cup tournament which was scheduled to commence this afternoon with a double header at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC) ground has been postponed to this Friday.

Dear Editor, A week ago, I asked the CEO of Sithe Global some rather straightforward questions (‘Some questions for Bruce Wrobel‘ SN, January 29). 

Valerie Garrido-Lowe may be a new face in the National Assembly but she is certainly not new to the world of politics, and her experience in the last few months has only served to strengthen her resolve to fight for equal rights and justice for the down trodden, she says.

CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the event as a blemish on the country’s democracy.

Continued Fractures For our purposes of easy understanding, a broken bone (irrespective of cause – usually a hit) is a fracture.

Cars travel a thin line of slush at New Hope, East Bank Demerara where

One wonders what else there is to say about flooding in Guyana that hasn’t be said many times before.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – In the latest twist of a messy internal conflict shaking the Vatican, four clerics in the office that manages the tiny city-state yesterday rejected charges of corruption, mismanagement and greed levelled by a former deputy governor.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Criminals and other suspicious persons on the black list of local and international authorities as well as lost or stolen passports can be uncovered easily at all legal ports of entry.

CAVE HILL, Barbados, CMC – Ryan Austin kicked off the Regional Four-Day tournament with an impressive bowling performance against Trinidad & Tobago on Friday.

Dear Editor, With reference to an article in Guyana Times dated February 1, wherein the President, Guyana Teachers’ Union, Mr Colin Bynoe stated that the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) “has chosen to do their own thing in terms of what the criteria should be without first consulting or meeting (GTU) formally,”  the Teaching Service Commission wishes to set the record straight.

The Ocelot (Leoparduspardalis) is an often-seen, spotted, midsized cat, weighing up to 11 kg.

Sunday Cartoon

Astute management under difficult conditions, as well as projecting where the company should be going have kept Demerara Distillers Ltd (DDL) in the competitive lane, so that it moved from being a single company to becoming a conglomerate and one of best known businesses in Guyana.